| Legislation |
Date |
What It Did |
| Proclimation of 1763 |
1763 |
Set boundaries for western settlement |
| Sugar Act |
1764 |
Lowered tax on sugar, molasses, and other |
| products, but tightened customs enforcement |
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| Stamp Act |
1765 |
Taxed certain types of documents |
| Declaratory Act |
1766 |
Stated that Great Britian had the right to tax |
| the colonies |
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| Townshed Acts |
1767 |
Taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea |
| Tea Act |
1773 |
Gave East India Tea Company the sole control |
| of tea trade |
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| "Intolerable" Acts |
1774 |
Closed port of Boston |
